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elCleaner engines for greener aviationhttp://europedirect.duth.gr/?q=node/13127
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>An EU-funded project successfully developed critical aviation engine components for innovative propulsion systems destined for aircraft of the future.</p>
<p>Whether operators or manufacturers, the entire aviation industry shares the same key goals: to drive down costs by reducing fuel consumption, mitigating harmful emissions and decreasing noise. One of the most amazing new engine architectures promising to make aircraft more eco-friendly and less costly is the contra-rotating open rotor (CROR), being developed as a technology demonstrator in the European research programme Clean Sky.</p></div></div></div>Sat, 12 Aug 2017 05:59:55 +0000pdimitri13127 at http://europedirect.duth.grCubeSat technology validationhttp://europedirect.duth.gr/?q=node/13126
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>SMEs form the backbone of the European economy, providing a potential source for growth. An EU-funded initiative demonstrated that SMEs can also be players in the space technology sector.</p>
<p>Large-scale system integrators use nanosatellites (with a mass between 1 and 10 kg) as technology test beds, but SMEs have focused on nanosatellite solutions. Many SMEs already provide components and subsystems as part of their product portfolio.</p></div></div></div>Sat, 12 Aug 2017 05:59:08 +0000pdimitri13126 at http://europedirect.duth.grFuel provision for early marketshttp://europedirect.duth.gr/?q=node/13125
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>EU-funded researchers developed a new generation of fuel cell (FC) systems for the early markets of telecom backup power and material handling vehicles.</p></div></div></div>Sat, 12 Aug 2017 05:58:21 +0000pdimitri13125 at http://europedirect.duth.grYoung researchers trained in soft matter sciencehttp://europedirect.duth.gr/?q=node/13124
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>An EU-funded initiative has provided training to young researchers in the field of soft matter at aqueous interfaces. The programme, designed to offer scientific and transferable skills, comprised training through research in the fellows’ home institutions, a ramified system of secondments and a series of special training events.</p></div></div></div>Sat, 12 Aug 2017 05:57:10 +0000pdimitri13124 at http://europedirect.duth.grDurable hydrogen fuel cellshttp://europedirect.duth.gr/?q=node/13123
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>New technology permits diagnosing failures in proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) to extend their service life. Long-term degradation in PEMFCs can be recovered with the right procedure.</p>
<p>The EU-funded project SAPPHIRE (System automation of PEMFCs with prognostics and health management for improved reliability and economy) was initiated to address the relatively short life expectancy of PEMFCs. Extending service life can be achieved in several ways – one of these is prognostics and health management. </p></div></div></div>Sat, 12 Aug 2017 05:56:18 +0000pdimitri13123 at http://europedirect.duth.grAnts help identify new fungihttp://europedirect.duth.gr/?q=node/13122
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Researchers have gathered important information on an understudied fungi species making its way into Europe by studying ants.</p>
<p>Biodiversity on Earth depends on speciation by natural selection; one important driving force of speciation is the evolutionary interactions between parasites and their hosts. </p>
<p>Further information: <a href="//cordis.europa.eu/result/rcn/202140_en.html?isPermaLink=true?WT.mc_id=RSS-Feed?WT.rss_f=result&amp;WT.rss_a=202140&amp;WT.rss_ev=a”" target="”_blank”">Ants help identify new fungi</a></p>
</div></div></div>Sat, 12 Aug 2017 05:54:37 +0000pdimitri13122 at http://europedirect.duth.grNew common European standards proposed for safer, cleaner and greener roadshttp://europedirect.duth.gr/?q=node/13121
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>An EU initiative delivered solutions to improve standards for common European measurement methods for important road surface parameters.</p>
<p>Research shows that controlling skid resistance, noise emission and rolling resistance of pavements can make road transport safer and more environmentally friendly. Creating and harmonising the assessment of these three key road infrastructure parameters will reduce cross-border barriers and contribute to the reduction of accidents, noise pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. </p></div></div></div>Sat, 12 Aug 2017 05:53:52 +0000pdimitri13121 at http://europedirect.duth.grAssessing the risks of nanomaterials along their lifecycle, for product and process safety by designhttp://europedirect.duth.gr/?q=node/13120
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>They surround us, but how much do we really know about the risks from manufactured nanomaterials? The EU-funded SUN project set out to answer that question by tracking them along their lifecycles.</p></div></div></div>Sat, 12 Aug 2017 05:53:01 +0000pdimitri13120 at http://europedirect.duth.grLow-cost, flexible substrates for nanoplasmonic sensinghttp://europedirect.duth.gr/?q=node/13119
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>EU-funded researchers with the PLASMAQUO project have developed new way to visualise chemical communication within microbial populations, which could lead to new anti-bacterial therapeutic strategies with relevant biomedical applications.</p></div></div></div>Sat, 12 Aug 2017 05:52:10 +0000pdimitri13119 at http://europedirect.duth.grModelling ocean flows advances climate change understandinghttp://europedirect.duth.gr/?q=node/13118
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>An EU-funded project has developed new statistical modelling techniques to track the movement of water particles across the world’s oceans, contributing to our knowledge about climate change.</p>
<p>With oceans covering more than 70 % of the Earth’s surface, and their flows and movements are key to understanding and predicting the effects of climate change. More and more data is being collected about our oceans and now the challenge is to make sense of it all.</p></div></div></div>Sat, 12 Aug 2017 05:51:17 +0000pdimitri13118 at http://europedirect.duth.grSoftware innovation lends a hand to the dredging industryhttp://europedirect.duth.gr/?q=node/13117
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Everywhere land interacts with water, claiming new habitable space or exploiting natural resources can quickly become a major challenge. The MPM-DREDGE project is providing a numerical tool to help engineers rise to such challenge with a focus on the dredging industry – a sector worth EUR 7 billion.</p></div></div></div>Sat, 12 Aug 2017 05:50:20 +0000pdimitri13117 at http://europedirect.duth.grHow to gear up against cyber crimehttp://europedirect.duth.gr/?q=node/13116
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>According to a recent report from Lloyds Banking Group, a major cyberattack could cost the world up to EUR 46 billion. This raises an important question: how can financially motivated cybercrime be deterred? The E-CRIME project is providing concrete answers with a focus on non-ICT sectors.</p></div></div></div>Sat, 12 Aug 2017 05:49:31 +0000pdimitri13116 at http://europedirect.duth.grNew imaging technology could predict patient response to NMD treatmenthttp://europedirect.duth.gr/?q=node/13115
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Since not all patients respond to disease or treatment in the same manner, it is of vital importance for physicians to run tests on large cohorts. When facing rare diseases such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), however, such cohorts just don’t exist and other methods are required. Novel imaging technology developed under the BIOIMAGE-NMD project aim to fill this gap.</p></div></div></div>Sat, 12 Aug 2017 05:48:36 +0000pdimitri13115 at http://europedirect.duth.grTaking the stress out of nanomaterials designhttp://europedirect.duth.gr/?q=node/13114
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>EU-funded project ISTRESS has developed a new method for reducing the residual stress, intrinsic to nano-structured materials that should allow industry to improve reliability and strength of manufactured nanomaterials.</p></div></div></div>Sat, 12 Aug 2017 05:47:39 +0000pdimitri13114 at http://europedirect.duth.grProtein passage across live cell membraneshttp://europedirect.duth.gr/?q=node/13113
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>How proteins behave in real cells cannot be studied in test tube conditions because real cell environment conditions such as cell membrane complexity and the cytoplasm cannot be replicated. EU researchers have measured the mobility of proteins in the bacterium Escherichia coli.</p></div></div></div>Sat, 12 Aug 2017 05:46:48 +0000pdimitri13113 at http://europedirect.duth.grFirst in-man studies demonstrate high prevalence of diabetes and cardiovascular disease in shift workershttp://europedirect.duth.gr/?q=node/13112
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Existing epidemiological studies have shown a correlation between shift working and a higher prevalence of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The EURHYTHDIA project has developed predictive biomarkers and prevention strategies that should help identify and protect patients at risk.</p></div></div></div>Sat, 12 Aug 2017 05:37:32 +0000pdimitri13112 at http://europedirect.duth.grKnowledge brokering improves water resource managementhttp://europedirect.duth.gr/?q=node/13110
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>A set of novel mechanisms for increasing cooperation between researchers and policymakers has helped introduce better-informed guidelines and upgraded policies for managing water resources in the EU.</p></div></div></div>Sat, 12 Aug 2017 05:35:28 +0000pdimitri13110 at http://europedirect.duth.grMethods and tools to better analyse systems safety throughout an aircraft’s life cyclehttp://europedirect.duth.gr/?q=node/13109
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Adhering to the strict safety rules that govern aircraft manufacture adds considerable time to the overall process. An EU initiative developed systems safety analysis models to streamline the production process.</p>
<p>Customer demands, industry innovations and global competition all combine to increase the pressure on the aeronautical industry to push the boundaries of design. The demand can be to go faster, travel lighter or create less waste. </p></div></div></div>Sat, 12 Aug 2017 05:34:32 +0000pdimitri13109 at http://europedirect.duth.grA sustainability model for Russiahttp://europedirect.duth.gr/?q=node/13108
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>New impact assessment tools to evaluate policy options can help the Russian Federation adopt more sustainable practices within its borders and upgrade the standard of living for its citizens.</p></div></div></div>Sat, 12 Aug 2017 05:33:37 +0000pdimitri13108 at http://europedirect.duth.grOutlining mechanisms behind super infectious bacteriahttp://europedirect.duth.gr/?q=node/13107
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>EU-funded researchers have studied hospital-acquired infection by hypervirulent strains such as Clostridium difficile to understand what makes these bacteria so infectious and to develop better disease control methods.</p>
<p>C. difficile, also referred to as a 'superbug', is causing severe health problems across Europe due to the emergence of antibiotic-resistant strains. Identification of the genes involved in infection and disease progression will permit the development of more effective diagnostic tests and treatments for C. difficile.</p></div></div></div>Sat, 12 Aug 2017 05:32:45 +0000pdimitri13107 at http://europedirect.duth.grNew wave of Black Sea research partnershipshttp://europedirect.duth.gr/?q=node/13106
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The Black Sea boasts a rich ecosystem that has been under threat in recent decades due to industrial development and overfishing. A new network of cooperation around the Black Sea promises to address this serious issue.</p></div></div></div>Sat, 12 Aug 2017 05:31:47 +0000pdimitri13106 at http://europedirect.duth.grEuropean teamwork helps win emissions reduction gamehttp://europedirect.duth.gr/?q=node/13105
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Europe has planned to scale up CO2 capture from fossil fuel-based industries. Scientists have developed an infrastructure roadmap facilitating pan-European cross-border cooperation in large-scale transport and storage.</p>
<p>CO2 is associated with global warming and climate change. In this context, carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies are critical in preventing the release of large quantities of CO2 into the atmosphere from the use of fossil fuels. </p></div></div></div>Sat, 12 Aug 2017 05:30:55 +0000pdimitri13105 at http://europedirect.duth.grAn imaging instrument beyond the state of the arthttp://europedirect.duth.gr/?q=node/13104
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Many recently developed imaging techniques enable the visualisation and study of cells. EU-funded researchers simultaneously investigated the structure and function of living cells after combining three highly advanced microscopic techniques into a single platform.</p>
<p>Understanding cellular function requires the characterisation of its molecular constituents as well as their spatial and temporal interaction. To facilitate this, light and atomic force microscopy (AFM) techniques work in a complementary manner to study living cells. </p></div></div></div>Sat, 12 Aug 2017 05:29:39 +0000pdimitri13104 at http://europedirect.duth.grNew and improved biotechnology research centrehttp://europedirect.duth.gr/?q=node/13103
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Through new infrastructure and improved research capacity, the Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences (BCAS) has become an eastern European regional biotechnology hub.</p>
<p>Considered a leading research institution in eastern Europe, the Czech Republic’s BCAS has recently enjoyed an impressive upgrade to its facilities and capabilities. </p>
<p>Further information: <a href="//cordis.europa.eu/result/rcn/89826_en.html?isPermaLink=true?WT.mc_id=RSS-Feed?WT.rss_f=result&amp;WT.rss_a=89826&amp;WT.rss_ev=a”" target="”_blank”">New and improved biotechnology research centre</a></p>
</div></div></div>Sat, 12 Aug 2017 05:28:45 +0000pdimitri13103 at http://europedirect.duth.grRoadmap towards fruitful EU-Russia partnerships in nanotech researchhttp://europedirect.duth.gr/?q=node/13102
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>An EU initiative mapped potential European and Russian areas for collaboration in nanotechnology research activities.</p>
<p>Both Europe and Russia have invested significant amounts of funding in the development of nanoscience potential. The EU-funded NANORUCER (Mapping the nanotechnology innovation system of Russia for preparing future cooperations between the EU and Russia) project set out to build on such efforts. </p></div></div></div>Sat, 12 Aug 2017 05:27:48 +0000pdimitri13102 at http://europedirect.duth.grNanocarriers deliver anti-cancer therapeuticshttp://europedirect.duth.gr/?q=node/13101
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Cancer remains the number one cause of mortality worldwide. Despite extensive efforts most therapies lack selectivity and cause severe side effects.</p>
<p>Chemotherapy constitutes the gold standard of cancer treatment. However, research into the mechanisms of tumour development has revealed specific overexpressed proteins that could be targeted therapeutically. </p></div></div></div>Sat, 12 Aug 2017 05:26:36 +0000pdimitri13101 at http://europedirect.duth.grStem cell therapy for kidney repairhttp://europedirect.duth.gr/?q=node/13100
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Regenerative therapies are gaining momentum for the replenishment of injured tissues. A specific subpopulation of cells known as stem cells show great promise with their ability to differentiate into desired cell types and ability for self-renewal.</p>
<p>Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a primary candidate for stem cell therapy. It is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity affecting 11 % of the adult population in western countries. It can progress towards end stage renal disease, which has no cure and requires renal replacement therapy such as dialysis or renal transplantation. </p></div></div></div>Sat, 12 Aug 2017 05:24:28 +0000pdimitri13100 at http://europedirect.duth.grThe role of patient organisations in the production and circulation of knowledge on diseaseshttp://europedirect.duth.gr/?q=node/13099
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>An EU initiative studied the quality of knowledge that emerges from patient-led organisations. The work will contribute to improving health governance and creating a stronger European health system.</p>
<p>As information technology progresses and patient organisations (POs) become more sophisticated, they are actively participating in producing and circulating knowledge on diseases. The EU-funded EPOKS (European patient organizations in knowledge society) project investigated the types and levels of knowledge disseminated by POs, including biomedical, social, judicial or institutional. </p></div></div></div>Sat, 12 Aug 2017 05:23:26 +0000pdimitri13099 at http://europedirect.duth.grParticipatory technology assessmenthttp://europedirect.duth.gr/?q=node/13098
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>An EU team compared public assessment of technology in parts of Europe, Canada and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The public generally has little involvement, while experts and civil servants conduct most of the assessment.</p></div></div></div>Sat, 12 Aug 2017 05:22:32 +0000pdimitri13098 at http://europedirect.duth.grNew tool can map soils in depthhttp://europedirect.duth.gr/?q=node/13097
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>A recent research project has developed new technologies for soil mapping and used this to develop a superior mapping tool. Once completed, the tool will provide unprecedented detail on an area’s soil quality and help maintain that quality for agriculture and other uses.</p>
<p>Scientists have identified a need to assess the properties of soil in order to preserve it for agricultural activities and ecosystems. To do this in as much detail as possible, they need to use the latest mapping technologies. </p></div></div></div>Sat, 12 Aug 2017 05:21:44 +0000pdimitri13097 at http://europedirect.duth.grOveractive bladder research responds to call of naturehttp://europedirect.duth.gr/?q=node/13096
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Researchers have revealed novel potential ways to understand and treat overactive bladder (OAB) disorder through clinical research.</p>
<p>The OAB symptom complex is one of the major causes of involuntary urination where contractions result in ‘urgency’. Not only are the reasons for this phenomenon largely unknown, but current treatments are only partially effective or bring adverse side-effects. </p></div></div></div>Sat, 12 Aug 2017 05:20:45 +0000pdimitri13096 at http://europedirect.duth.grStandardised protocols for stem cell researchhttp://europedirect.duth.gr/?q=node/13095
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Stem cells constitute a promising cure for a wide range of human diseases. For clinical application, standardised methods for the cultivation of well-characterised stem cells are essential.</p>
<p>To date, there has been relatively little progress in the development of new culture technologies for the large-scale manufacture of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). The lack of standardised protocols for the characterisation, isolation or identification of MSCs from different tissues as well as cryopreservation hampers the clinical translation of MSCs. </p></div></div></div>Sat, 12 Aug 2017 05:19:51 +0000pdimitri13095 at http://europedirect.duth.grAuto-assessment of vehicle compositeshttp://europedirect.duth.gr/?q=node/13094
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>An EU team developed a scanning system to detect faults in composite materials used in vehicles. A mobile robotic scanner takes images using two main methods, while software combines the images and shows defects.</p>
<p>Composite materials, such as plastics reinforced with glass or carbon fibres, are increasingly used in the automotive and rail industries. Damage to and repair of such materials may cause significant service disruption, yet the development of non-destructive testing techniques has been relatively slow. </p></div></div></div>Sat, 12 Aug 2017 05:18:39 +0000pdimitri13094 at http://europedirect.duth.grEffective crisis communication after an attackhttp://europedirect.duth.gr/?q=node/13093
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Developing dynamic communication mechanisms for post-terrorist activities saves lives, prevents panic and undermines terrorist aspirations.</p>
<p>Many current EU projects are tackling security and pre-empting terrorism before it happens. Research is needed, however, to organise and fine-tune immediate and comprehensive communication responses to terror attacks.</p></div></div></div>Sat, 12 Aug 2017 05:17:31 +0000pdimitri13093 at http://europedirect.duth.grStreamlined healthcare information on the elderlyhttp://europedirect.duth.gr/?q=node/13092
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>A group of researchers validated a tool for generating and making available reliable information on the needs of older people in long-term care. The instrument also finally offers a pan-European source of information for studying and improving on the methods of delivering such care in different nations.</p>
<p>Valid and standardised methods for recording care needs across European countries do not form part of daily routine. This presents a challenge for meaningful comparison of nursing home residents and for evaluating care given in these settings. </p></div></div></div>Sat, 12 Aug 2017 05:16:37 +0000pdimitri13092 at http://europedirect.duth.grRomanian research centre reaches new heights in remote sensinghttp://europedirect.duth.gr/?q=node/13091
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>An EU initiative enhanced a notable Romanian centre’s research potential, thereby taking it a step forward to become a regional leader in high-tech environmental research, particularly in laser remote sensing of atmosphere and oceans.</p></div></div></div>Sat, 12 Aug 2017 05:15:22 +0000pdimitri13091 at http://europedirect.duth.grTransnational spaces analysed for related policyhttp://europedirect.duth.gr/?q=node/13090
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Transnationalism has in recent years gained attention increasingly in line with the growing transnational mobility of people. European researchers collaborated with a view to clarifying and comparing the complex and multilevel processes of this social phenomenon.</p></div></div></div>Fri, 11 Aug 2017 19:48:21 +0000pdimitri13090 at http://europedirect.duth.grHigh-performance multilayer coatingshttp://europedirect.duth.gr/?q=node/13089
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>EU-funded researchers successfully developed modelling and experimental methods to streamline the design of multilayer coatings. The high accuracy of these cutting-edge techniques helps decrease design time and increase quality and reliability.</p></div></div></div>Fri, 11 Aug 2017 19:47:28 +0000pdimitri13089 at http://europedirect.duth.grIrresistible drugs for resistant tuberculosishttp://europedirect.duth.gr/?q=node/13088
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Tuberculosis has taken a new turn with the emergence of drug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. With nearly one third of the world’s populations being infected, new therapies are needed.</p></div></div></div>Fri, 11 Aug 2017 19:46:19 +0000pdimitri13088 at http://europedirect.duth.grUsing nanoscale ophiolitic rocks to capture and sequester CO2http://europedirect.duth.gr/?q=node/13087
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Ophiolitic rocks’ high reactivity and abundance make them an ideal candidate for CO2 capture and storage. Drawing on the world’s best-preserved ophiolite complex and a process known as ‘ball milling’, the CO2NOR project has been building novel nanomaterials to provide a safe, long-term CCS solution that will notably appeal to the building industry.</p></div></div></div>Fri, 11 Aug 2017 19:44:45 +0000pdimitri13087 at http://europedirect.duth.grAttention, tired crew on boardhttp://europedirect.duth.gr/?q=node/13086
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>To avoid ship accidents caused by tired or sleepy mariners, a recent initiative has gathered valuable information on workers aboard seafaring vessels to create guidelines that promote safety.</p></div></div></div>Fri, 11 Aug 2017 19:43:34 +0000pdimitri13086 at http://europedirect.duth.grInnovative technology to provide increased quality and quantity of recovered paperhttp://europedirect.duth.gr/?q=node/13085
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>An EU initiative introduced novel automatic sorting technology for the recovery and reuse of paper.</p>
<p>The EU-funded SORT IT (Recovered paper sorting with innovative technologies) project developed novel sensor and measurement technologies for more efficient sorting and thus paper recovery. </p>
<p>Further information: <a href="//cordis.europa.eu/result/rcn/86020_en.html?isPermaLink=true?WT.mc_id=RSS-Feed?WT.rss_f=result&amp;WT.rss_a=86020&amp;WT.rss_ev=a”" target="”_blank”">Innovative technology to provide increased quality and quantity of recovered paper</a></p>
</div></div></div>Fri, 11 Aug 2017 19:41:12 +0000pdimitri13085 at http://europedirect.duth.grSecurity risks of emerging technologieshttp://europedirect.duth.gr/?q=node/13084
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>While most technologies are developed with good intentions, if they fall into the wrong hands there can be serious consequences. European researchers investigated the security threats posed by emerging technologies.</p>
<p>Developments in science and technology can be used for harmful purposes; computer hackers can cause widespread disruption, while bioterrorists could release a deadly virus into the population.</p></div></div></div>Fri, 11 Aug 2017 19:40:15 +0000pdimitri13084 at http://europedirect.duth.grAppetite for innovationhttp://europedirect.duth.gr/?q=node/13083
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The University of Novi Sad (UNS) comprises Serbia's only scientific-research unit specialising in feed technology issues. Lack of investment however, has meant that researchers struggle to access EU level projects.</p>
<p>The EU-funded project FEED-TO-FOOD (Reinforcement of FEED-TO-FOOD research centre at the institute for food technology of the university of Novi Sad) addressed this funding challenge. They supported research potential at the ‘Centre for Feed and Animal Products’, a unique institution specialising in feed technology in southeast Europe and beyond. </p></div></div></div>Fri, 11 Aug 2017 19:39:20 +0000pdimitri13083 at http://europedirect.duth.grGlycerine product range gets expandedhttp://europedirect.duth.gr/?q=node/13082
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Scientists have developed technology that enables all the by-products of biodiesel production to be completely used. Bioconversion techniques produce a polymer building block, 1,3-propanediol, biogas and fertiliser with no waste and few emissions.</p></div></div></div>Fri, 11 Aug 2017 19:36:59 +0000pdimitri13082 at http://europedirect.duth.grNew ideas for smarter food packaginghttp://europedirect.duth.gr/?q=node/13081
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Technology is bringing ingenious ways to tell if packaged food is as safe as it should be. New research may soon help consumers ‘read’ freshness right off the package.</p></div></div></div>Fri, 11 Aug 2017 19:36:03 +0000pdimitri13081 at http://europedirect.duth.grInsulin signalling and mitochondrial function interplayhttp://europedirect.duth.gr/?q=node/13080
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>A common phenomenon in disorders such as type 2 diabetes or obesity is the development of insulin resistance. European scientists investigated the cross-talk between insulin signalling and mitochondria function.</p>
<p>New profiling technologies have entered the biomedical field, generating an unprecedented plethora of data. Computational tools capable of data mining are needed to integrate network information into meaningful models. </p></div></div></div>Fri, 11 Aug 2017 19:33:36 +0000pdimitri13080 at http://europedirect.duth.grNew child-like crash test dummyhttp://europedirect.duth.gr/?q=node/13079
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>An EU team developed a new crash test dummy representing children aged 10-12. The study also revised testing protocols, and examined injury risk curves using the new dummy.</p>
<p>Recent EU regulations require that children up to 150 cm tall use a size-appropriate child restraint when travelling in vehicles fitted with seatbelts. Previous testing had been completed with the obsolete P-dummy, yet the newer Q-dummy has not yet been tested in side impacts for children aged 10-12.</p></div></div></div>Fri, 11 Aug 2017 19:32:31 +0000pdimitri13079 at http://europedirect.duth.grNew components for safer and more secure aircraft composite materialshttp://europedirect.duth.gr/?q=node/13078
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Conventional aircraft structures employ a number of protective materials and monitoring systems for a variety of jobs. An EU initiative introduced multifunctional components integrating tasks for lighter and safer aircraft.</p></div></div></div>Fri, 11 Aug 2017 19:30:55 +0000pdimitri13078 at http://europedirect.duth.grBlocking the channels leading to neurodegenerationhttp://europedirect.duth.gr/?q=node/13077
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>EU research has identified and tested compounds that could treat or even prevent conditions ranging from neurological diseases to cancer.</p>
<p>By producing electrical changes in the cell, the calcium-activated potassium channel (KCa3.1) regulates calcium action and inflammatory activity in the central nervous system. Channel functions change in a range of metabolic and neurodegenerative diseases characterised by chronic inflammation. </p></div></div></div>Fri, 11 Aug 2017 19:29:27 +0000pdimitri13077 at http://europedirect.duth.gr